A shooting on the afternoon of June 18, 2026, in Pattison, Mississippi, left 17-year-old Dawaynemonion Hedrick dead. Deputies from the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office were sent about 5:48 p.m. to the intersection of Hinds Street and Tillman Road, near the Bikini Lounge, and found Hedrick with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel attempted life‑saving measures but he died at the scene. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation joined the local sheriff’s office in the inquiry.

Authorities arrested three people in connection with the killing. Two sons, Rakem J. Townsend and 17‑year‑old Camelo Hedrick, were charged with murder. Their father, Vernard Townsend, was arrested on counts of being an accessory after the fact and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; an additional charge for violating the state law prohibiting machine gun conversion devices was later added. Motive and any relationship between the victim and suspects have not been released, and investigators described the case as active and ongoing.

Does anyone have information about Dawaynemonion Hedrick or about what happened at Hinds Street and Tillman Road that afternoon?